The current state of the economy has had significant impact on nearly every family and business in America creating tremendous challenges along the way.  Although the economy has had a disaster effect on nearly everyone, we are still able to function even if at a different level. Other forms of disasters are much less forgiving.  Usually striking with little or no warning, the effects of a disaster on your business can be catastrophic.  Because disasters are considered local events, the amount of resource that are available to you for recovery can differ significantly.  If a disaster strikes a community but it does not receive a Presidential declaration as such, then the resources that are available to you for recovery will be limited to what is available locally or from the State. In these economic times, available resources can me very limited.

If your business is insured, you can usually recover from the loss of inventory and physical resources.  What insurance usually does not cover is the loss generated from not being able to conduct business.  Depending on the time it takes for partial or full recovery, this could amount to millions in lost revenue.  And there are a number of other significant impacts to your business from being shut down for an extended period of time and include the following;

• customer impact 
  • inability to meet customer demands
  • force customers to look to competitors for goods and service
  • may loose customer forever
• employee impact
  
  • loss of wages
  • loss of security
  • loss of benefits
  • loss of support systems
• community impact
  • impact to community recovery
  • loss of tax base
  • loss of service
  • impact to community identity
• distributor impact 
  • inability to meet delivery expectations
  • may provide opportunity for competitors
• supplier impact
  • inability to accept/pay for deliveries
  • increased storage cost
  • decreased utilization of goods and service
  • decreased revenue stream

Community Preparedness Consulting Services has over 35 years in community disaster preparedness planning and response.  We can assist you with evaluating community risk and what impact it could have on your business.  We specialize in developing plans and procedures that are based on local and internal resources in order to develop guidelines, plans and training that is functional and will help ensure a successful recovery in the shortest period of time possible. For additional information, contact us at:

Telephone: 941-387-6030 

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